Drainage District 18, Craighead Cty. v. McMeen

Drainage District No. 18 of Craighead County was organized by the county court of that county under the provisions of the statute known as the Alternative System of Drainage Districts, § 3607 et seq., Crawford & Moses’ Digest, and the benefits assessed by the commissioners under the authority of that act were approved and confirmed by the county court in 1919.

After the construction of the improvement, it was found that the lands in the lower or southern end of the district had not received the anticipated benefits, by reason of an insufficient outlet for the drainage, and the commissioners…